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Earthquake deepens Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis

Jagat Patnaik, Head of Asia and Country Engagement at ActionAid International, said: “Thousands of lives have been lost, homes destroyed, and many communities remain cut off. People fled with nothing, no shelter, no belongings, only the hope of reaching safety.
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